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Vivo provides feature-packed take on Android with Funtouch OS

If you're looking for a new phone, one factor that you need consider is its OS and user-interface. Vivo's Funtouch OS has an interesting take in its own GUI and takes user-friendliness in the next level. It's fun to touch!

Vivo Mobile, the top 5 global smartphone brand, highlights its unique approach to the Android operating system with its custom flavour to the popular OS. Called Funtouch OS, this extensively customized operating system is present in Vivo smartphones, and allows users to enjoy features that are usually found on more expensive, higher-end phones.

Vivo’s
Funtouch OS was first launched on December 28, 2013. Since then, it has been
through the hands of more than 50 million Vivo smartphone users.

“Vivo’s
Funtouch OS provides users with a simple, highly-intuitive, yet feature-packed
take on the Android operating system. With these features, we provide users
with a powerful device that can help them become more productive with functions
that are useful in their everyday lives,” said Vivo Brand Director Annie Lim.

The
Funtouch OS was developed around the idea of a simple user interface (UI) that
places intuitive controls within easy reach of its users. At present, Vivo’s
V3Max, V3, and Y51 smartphones use Funtouch OS 2.5—Vivo’s most powerful
smartphone OS yet.

Vivo's i Theme app

Full control for faster operations

One of
the strengths of the Android operating system is its high customizability. Vivo’s
Funtouch OS preserves this feature with the i Theme application. This enables
users to download various themes online that match their preferences, and even
create their own by changing the wallpapers, fonts, and lock screen set-ups.

With
Funtouch OS, Vivo decided to do away with the traditional Android OS app
drawer, which is now replaced by a desktop that can easily be organized with
app folders. Vivo’s Funtouch OS also introduces the Quick Control Center,
accessible with a swipe up from the bottom of the screen, which contains quick shortcuts
including sound levels, brightness control, recent apps, and toggles for Wi-Fi,
Mobile Data, Flashlight, and more.

Vivo_007 - Funtouch OS Smart Wake gestures

While
the available themes provide users with customizability on their Vivo phones,
Funtouch OS also offers several hardware management tools to complement the
high-performance processor and RAM available in the V3Max, V3, and Y51
smartphones. With the i Manager application, users can easily clean their
smartphones of unwanted files, manage installed applications, monitor their
data and battery consumption, and set up privacy filters such as the private
space and call and message blocking features. The i Manager serves as the
Funtouch OS-powered Vivo smartphone’s control center that helps users optimize
the performance of their phone.

Smart Features

Vivo’s
Funtouch OS is also packed with smart features that take advantage of the
faster than faster performance of its smartphones. Smart wake gestures allow
users to draw patterns on the screen of their Vivo smartphone to wake it and access
apps such as the i Music app, camera app, phone app, and the internet browser.

Funtouch
OS also features several productivity-boosting functions. Users can toggle
one-handed operation, accessible by sliding their fingers from the side of the
screen, to the center, and back to the side, to allow them to resize the
screen—useful for individuals who find it challenging to use their smartphones
with one hand.

Vivo’s
Funtouch OS Camera app also features several experience-enhancing functions,
including palm gesture photo taking and voice control shutter functions. These
functions enhance the experience of Vivo smartphone users, allowing them to
take full advantage of the speed of their smartphones.

“Vivo’s
Funtouch OS was developed with the needs and preferences of the youth in mind.
The result is a user-friendly approach to the already tried-and-tested Android
operating system with Funtouch OS 2.5. This is a culmination of the efforts of
Vivo engineers all over the world to provide our users with the perfect balance
between a beautiful UI and fast performance in their phones,” continued Lim.
“As we continue to develop more innovative smartphones according to the demand
of consumers, Vivo users can expect more features to be introduced in the
future versions of Funtouch OS,”Lim concluded.